La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine)
La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine)
La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine)
La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine)

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La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine),

1896

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864–1901; born Albi, France; died Château de Malromé, Saint-André-du-Bois, France
x1970-145
Lithographic posters proliferated in Paris during the 1890s, due to technical advances in color lithography and the relaxation of laws restricting the placement and distribution of advertisements. Toulouse-Lautrec enthusiastically embraced this commercial art form and created dynamic modern advertisements, including this one, which announced a London performance of the Troupe of Mademoiselle Eglantine at the Palace Theatre of Varieties in 1896. Commissioned by the artist’s friend and muse Jane Avril, the poster depicts the legendary cabaret star at the left of the line as the troupe enthusiastically performs the cancan in a cloud of flying petticoats.

Information

Title
La Troupe de Mademoiselle Églantine (Troupe of Mademoiselle Églantine)
Dates

1896

Maker
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Medium
Color lithographic poster
Dimensions
61.9 × 79.7 cm (24 3/8 × 31 3/8 in.) frame: 81.1 × 98.7 × 3.8 cm (31 15/16 × 38 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sally Sample Aall
Object Number
x1970-145
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Inscribed in stone, lower left: Troupe de / MLLE ÉGLANTINE / Eglantine / Cléopatre / Jane Avril / Gazelle Monogram and signed in stone, lower left corner: TLautrec
Reference Numbers
Adhémar 198; Adriani 198; Delteil 361; Wittrock 21
Culture
French
Type
prints, lithographs, posters
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
figures (representations), dancers, women

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